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Isabel Guerra

Restaurant business give employment to more than 320,000 Peruvians nationwide, which means an increase of 38% since 2007, according to a research done by Arellano Marketing Research and to data from the Gastronomy Peruvian Society.

The figure is bigger than that of 2007; the average salary is S/. 740 in provinces and S/. 800 new soles in Lima.

The report made by Arellano Marketing says that 188,000 Limenians would be working in this sector in 2009.

"This is a great step forward because there were 135,000 people working in this sector in 2007, when Peruvian gastronomy didn't draw too much attention," says the document.

Despite the importance and growth of this sector in recent years, this sector shows low levels of formality, which must be worked out in order to assure more quality of the products offered.

The document finally assures that the restaurant sector contribution is often associated with the hotel industry, and that up to 2007, the restaurant and hotel industry had a participation of 3.7% in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and this percentage may grow in the next years.

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